The Gilder Lehrman Institute is pleased to offer Teaching Literacy through History professional development to teachers in Kansas this June. Sessions serve elementary, middle, and high school teachers. 

Register below!

June 9 — 20th Century Native American History for Elementary School Teachers

Designed for upper elementary /grades 3-5 teachers in Kansas. 

Participants receive

• $50 stipend
• A free copy of Peacemaker by Joseph Bruchac
• TLTH lesson plan: Native American Cultures and the Impact of the Boarding Schools

Scholar: Joseph Bruchac

Master Teacher: Saudah Collins

Time: 1:00pm-3:00pm CST

Register here!

June 10 — Explorers and Exploration in Early American History

Designed for upper elementary/grades 3-5 teachers in Kansas.

Participants receive

• $50 stipend
• A free copy of The Trials of Thomas Morton: An Anglican Lawyer, His Puritan Foes, and the Battle for a New England by Peter Mancall
• TLTH lesson plan: Explorers and Exploration in Early American History

Scholar: Peter Mancall

Master Teacher: Connie Fink

Time: 1:00pm-3:00pm CST

Register here!

June 16 — Native American Tribal Sovereignty in the 20th Century

Designed for middle and high school teachers in Kansas.

Participants receive

• $50 stipend
• A free copy of Indigenous Intellectuals: Sovereignty, Citizenship, and the American Imagination, 1880-1930 by Kiara Vigil
• TLTH lesson plan: Dawes to Burke to McGirt: Tribal Sovereignty, 1887–2020

Scholar: Kiara Vigil

Master Teacher: Rebecca Luebker

Time: 1:00pm-3:00pm CST

Register here!